MALADJUSTED Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

maladjusted

adjective

Definition of maladjusted

as in unbalanced

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Recent Examples of maladjusted For the blessedly unaware, gooning is when maladjusted young men consume immense, overstimulating amounts of pornography and masturbate for hours on end to reach some kind of transcendent release. — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026 An elderly man, adjusting to the recent death of his beloved wife, meets a brilliant yet maladjusted teenager in a cemetery. — The Know, Denver Post, 7 Dec. 2025 Nothing spoils a Sunday afternoon outside with the family quite like your youngest child being carried off by a horde of maladjusted howler monkeys. — Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Sep. 2025 So what lies ahead for the most maladjusted characters in the entire TGIT lineup? — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for maladjusted

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Tuchel tried to be proactive but unbalanced the side, removing Declan Rice for Eberechi Eze, and spent the rest of the second half scrambling to fix his mistake.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 12 July 2026
Desperate to soothe symptoms caused by unbalanced hormones, women are turning to a TikTok trend that recommends combining allergy medication and antacids to treat conditions like PMS or menopause.

— Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 1 July 2026

Definition of unbalanced

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Neill plays Mark in director Andrzej Żuławski’s fearless study of madness, opposite the incredible Isabelle Adjani as his increasingly disturbed wife, Anna.

— Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 14 July 2026
Months of the drip-drip-drip of warning signs about a perverse and violently disturbed man were not enough to convince Democratic leaders to go in a different direction in their primary.

— Jennifer Bukowsky, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026

Definition of disturbed

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After nearly losing, in what would have been a Cinderella upset, to a completely unheralded Cabo Verde, Argentina benefitted from questionable refereeing decisions in subsequent victories over Egypt and Switzerland.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 16 July 2026
Some Carowinds visitors were upset the park did not announce the roller coaster was closed sooner.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2026

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